Ironing-table.



No. 157L644. PatentedApr. 9, mm.

s. H. van.

' IRUNING TABLE.

;Application filed Aug. 23, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES SILAS HENRY WITT, OF TYLER, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOTOM. A.

PAT NT OFFICE.

MAYBERRY, OF SAME PLACE.

IRONING-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 671,644, dated April9, 1901.

Application filed August 23, 1900. Serial No. 27,883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAS HENRY WITT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tyler, in the county of Smith and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Ironing- Table, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in ironing-tables.

The object of the present invent-ion is to improve the construction ofironing-tables and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient onecapable of being readily adjusted to raise and lower it to adapt it tothe height of a person using it and adapted to be compactly folded whennot in use.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing-tableconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view, the partsbeing folded.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates an ironing-board provided at its lower face, at a point inrear of its center, with a pair of L-shaped brackets 2, havingperforated depending arms forming eyes for the reception of a pintle 3,which passes through the upper end of an inclined brace or leg 4:, andthe latter extends upward and rearward from the front of theironing-table, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The brace or leg whichextends centrally of the ironing-table is arranged between and ispivotally connected to a pair of legs 5, crossing the brace or leg,above the center thereof, when the parts are in operative position, asshown in Fig. 2. The pivot 6, which connects the oppositely-inclinedlegs, is arranged atapoint between the ends of the legs 5, and itpermits the legs 4 and 5 to fold compactly against the ironing-board atthe lower face thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the accompanyingdrawings. The legs 5 are connected by upper bar by forcing its lower endlaterally.

and lower cross-bars 7 and 8, and the upper ends of the said legs 5 arepointed or beveled and are adapted to engage any one of a series ofcleats 9, secured to the lower face of the ironing-board, at the centerthereof, and having beveled or inclined rear edges forming recesses forthe upper pointed ends 10 of the legs 5. The central leg 4 is providedat its lower front portion with a series of sockets or recesses 11 forthe reception of one end of a prop 12, which has its other end 13 forkedfor engaging the lower transverse bar 8 of the legs 5, as clearly shownin Fig. 2. The prop 12 is slightly tapered, and the upper end isintroduced into one of the sockets when the said prop is disposed at aslight angle, and the bifurcated end is then engaged with the lowercross-bar 8, after which the prop is forced to the center of the saidcross-bar 8, whereby the ironing board will be rigidly supported in anupright position.

The ironingtable, which is designed in practice to be provided with asuitable covering and to have a suitable iron holder or rest, is adaptedto be raised from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 to theposition illustrated in dotted lines by drawing the lower ends of thelegs 4 and 5 closer together, and by varying the number of the cleats?)and the recesses or sockets 11 the desired amount of adjustment may bereadily obiained.

When it is desired to fold the ironing-table, the prop is disengagedfrom the lower cross- The upper ends of the legs 5 are then disengagedfrom the cleat,ani the legs are adapted to fold automatically, beingcarried downward to their folded position by the weight of theironing-board.

It will be seen that the ironing-table is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it is strong and durable, and that itis capable of vertical adjustment and of being compactly arranged whenit is not in use.

What I claim is An ironing-table comprising an ironingboard, theinclined leg or brace provided at its lower face with recesses andhinged at its upper end to the board, the legs pivoted be I lateralmovement in either direction to entween their ends to the leg or braceat a point between the ends thereof and provided at their lower portionswith a connecting crosspiece, the upper end of the pivoted legs beingdetachably and adjustabiy engaged with the board, and the propinterposed between the said connecting cross-piece and the inclined legor brace and fitting in one of the recesses of the latter and detachablyengaging the former, said prop being capable of gage it-with anddisengage it from the said parts, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 15 my own I have heretoaifixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SILAS HENRY WITT.

